People

Scott Aoki
PI
staoki@iu.edu

Artistic heroes: Tom Waits, Jack White

Chris Borchers
Graduate Student
chborch@iu.edu

Fun Fact: I played college basketball

Carmen Herrera-Sandoval
Graduate Student
herrerca@iu.edu

Fun Fact: I’m double-jointed

Cody White
Graduate Student (joint)
codawhit@iu.edu

Fun Fact: I have climbed the 37th tallest mountain in the US

Aether Fisher
Undergraduate Student
avafish@iu.edu

Fun Fact: I enjoy crocheting and weaving in my free time

Becky Boyd
Undergraduate Student
rebboyd@iu.edu

Fun Fact: I’ve crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a boat

Grayson Miller
HS
graymill@iu.edu

Fun fact: my least favorite element is boron

Name

time in lab

position

next step(s)

2022-24

high school

college

2022-24

postbac

grad school (PhD)

2022

postbac

grad school (PhD)

2020-22

undergrad

engineer

2021

postbac

prof school (DO)

2019-21

tech

research tech (NJ)

2019-20

MS

prof school (OD)
Chris presenting his poster at the C. elegans 2022 Development, Cell Biology, and Gene Expression conference. Masks were still required but he was definitely smiling underneath (August 2022).
Left to right: Scott, Yash, Murphy. This was Murphy’s last day in lab before he left to Harvard University. His mentee (Yash) and mentor (Scott) were sad to see him go (July 2024).
Left to right: Chris, Dariana, Aether, Murphy, Carmen, Madison. Lab picture of all the graduate and undergraduate students. (July 2022).
Chris giving a talk at a conference. Great job as usual (August 2022).
Left to right: Chris and Carmen. Exploring Madison, Wisconsin with the help of a cow. Cheese curds anyone? (August 2022).
Murphy presenting a poster at the ASCB conference. Nervous but excited to be there (December 2023).
Left to right: Carmen, Murphy, and Chris. Lab adventure to see the Indy 500 race cars practice going in circles. The sun was burning everyone’s necks but not Carmen’s eyes (May 2023).
Left to right: Yash, Murphy, Chris, Aether, Becky, Carmen, and Scott. Despite what you might be thinking, EVERYONE showed up to support Aether’s end of the summer research presentation (July 2024).
Left to right: Carmen, Murphy, and Chris. Enjoying some boba tea curtesy of Scott after our lab trip to IU Bloomington (May 2024).
Left to right: Chris, Murphy, and Carmen. Big smiles as we prepared for our all-you-can-eat Brazilian steakhouse dinner in Boston. Thanks Scott! (December 2023).
Scott surprised Chris with a worm themed birthday cake. First and only cake ever. Good thing Scott doesn’t have favorites, am I right? (August 2023).